Author: Thomas J. Watson

Quotes

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

- Thomas J. Watson

Good design is good business.

Good design is good business.

- Thomas J. Watson

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

- Thomas J. Watson

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

- Thomas J. Watson

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.

- Thomas J. Watson

A manager is an assistant to his men.

A manager is an assistant to his men.

- Thomas J. Watson

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

- Thomas J. Watson

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.

- Thomas J. Watson

The best way to supervise your men is from their reports that they make out.

The best way to supervise your men is from their reports that they make out.

- Thomas J. Watson

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